Théophile Gautier An expansive, grandiose storyteller of the old guard. This collection is compilation of works of Gautier compiled by Gautier himself. This book was reviewed by Gautier when it appeared, and it is most likely that he had been previously made acquainted with its contents and had discussed Egyptian funeral rites and modes of sepulture with the author, for it was to Feydeau that he dedicated his novel when it was published in book form by Hachette in 1858.

Théophile Gautier This is the story of a priest named Romauld, and his all-consuming love for the beautiful courtesan, Clarimonde. Never gaze upon a woman! Walk abroad with eyes ever fixed upon the ground, says the priest, for however chaste and watchful one may be, the error of a single moment is enough to make one lose eternity.

Théophile Gautier It is is romance book. I have often been caricatured in Turkish dress seated upon cushions, and surrounded by cats so familiar that they did not hesitate to climb upon my shoulders and even upon my head. The caricature is truth slightly exaggerated, and I must own that all my life I have been as fond of animals in general and of cats in particular as any brahmin or old maid. The great Byron always trotted a menagerie round with him, even when travelling, and he caused to be erected, in the park of New stead Abbey, a monument to his faithful Newfoundland dog Boats wain, with an inscription in verse of his own inditing. I cannot be accused of imitation in the matter of our common liking for dogs, for that love manifested itself in me at an age when I was yet ignorant of the alphabet. A clever man being at this time engaged in preparing a 'History of Animals of Letters, ' I jot down these notes in which he may find, so far as my own animals are concerned, trustworthy information.

Théophile Gautier This book is a collection of short poems written by Theophile Gautier . When empires lay riven apart,
Fared Goethe at battle time's thunder
To fragrant oases of art,
To weave his Divan into wonder.

Leaving Shakespeare, he pondered the note
Of Nisami, and heard in his leisure
The hoopoe's weird monody float,
And set it to soft Orient measure.

As Goethe at Weimar delayed
And dreamed in the fair garden closes,
And, questing in sun or in shade,
With Hafiz plucked redolent roses, —

Théophile Gautier A Frontispiece and numerous other portraits with descriptive notes by Octave Uzanne. The story begins: Upon the southern slope of one of those barren hills that rise abruptly here and there in the desolate expanse of the Landes, in Southwestern France, stood, in the reign of Louis XIII, a gentleman's residence, such as abound in Gascony, and which the country people dignify by the name of chateau.

Théophile Gautier The King Candaules marries the beautiful Nyssia, who is extremely modest and won't let anyone see her face other than the king and her maidservants. King Candaules is desperate for someone else to see his wife and share the secret of her beauty. However Nyssia is adamant she won't let anyone else see her. Candaules hatches a plot and arranges for his bodyguard Gyges to hide in his bedchamber so he can watch her undress at night before she retires to bed. However Nyssia observes Gyges spying on her and is not amused. So she plans a deadly revenge.